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Old July 31, 2010, 09:58 AM
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Would you explain the use of the adverb to me?
The dog ate the bone. (subject: dog | verb: ate | complement: bone)

The dog quickly ate the bone. -or- The dog ate the bone quickly.

In the last sentence, the adverb 'quickly' gives us more information about what happened - it 'qualifies' or 'modifies' the verb.

If a dog takes a long time to eat the bone, we would say:
The dog slowly ate the bone. -or- The dog ate the bone slowly.

An adverb indicates 'when', 'how', or 'where' something happens.

The girl ran.
How did she run? She ran quickly.
When did she run? She ran yesterday.
Where did she run? She ran through the field.

As you can see, an adverb doesn't always end in -ly, and a clause (through the field) can act as an adverb (this is called an adverbial clause).

You can look up adverbio on the internet para informarte más.
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Old July 31, 2010, 02:51 PM
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Then really the adverb gives us the action in the moment indicated.

Quickly.
Rapidamente.

I'm running over the road quickly and I can't stop.

The cat is deeply asleep.
My son is pretty busy with his game boy and he's spending quickly the energy battery.

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Then really the adverb gives us the action in the moment indicated.

Quickly.
Rapidamente.

I'm running over the road quickly and I can't stop.

The cat is deeply asleep.
My son is pretty busy with his game boy and he's spending quickly the energy battery.

I'm grateful with for your support.
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Thank you by the support.

In that post I should to write by or for or I was thinking if I could to write solely the without by and for.
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Thank you by for the support.

In that post I should to write by or for or I was thinking if I could to write solely the without by and for.
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Thank you for the advice.

Where I can get a list verbs in English?
I need ones, because sometimes I tend to forget the words and the verbs, and adverbs with the time spent in the computer.

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Thank you for the advice.

Where I can get a list verbs in English?
I need ones, because sometimes I tend to forget the words and the verbs, and adverbs with the time spent in the computer.

I will grateful FOR your support.


Here you can find a list with the most common verbs in English.
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Thank you for the advice.

Where I can get a list verbs in English?
I need ones, because sometimes I tend to forget the words and the verbs, and adverbs with the time spent in the computer.

I will be grateful with for your support.
I will appreciate your help.
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Then I should keep in mind you two advices.
I will grateful for your support.
And I will appreciate your help.

Thank you for the councils.

Irmamar.
Thank you for the link.

I have check out the website and I could download the list, and really it's useful for me, it's a long list and very explicit of that way I was looking for a list.

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